PROCESS FOR PRODUCING 5-MENTHYLOXY-2(5H)-FURANONE

• Main Authors: TAKEDA AKINOBU, SATO JUNKO, ASANUMA GORO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.06.2011
• Subjects: APPARATUS THEREFOR; CHEMISTRY; GENERAL METHODS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process capable of industrially advantageously producing 5-menthyloxy-(5H)-furanone economically in a high yield. SOLUTION: The process for producing 5-menthyloxy-(5H)-furanone includes a step of reacting a 5-alkoxy-2(5H)-furanone with menthol in the presence of an...